Had I known DLJ was so keen on the pro's and con's of different types of sanders I would have sparked up this conversation earlier.

I think it's situational. Like when I'm in the shed, surrounded by tiny particles of wood chips that slowly get into my lungs and will one day give me cancer, and I'm putting the final touches upon my birdhouse (I actually made a birdhouse in woodwork class at middle school. We were suppose to make a wind chime but I had a birdhouse and tided some hanging metal rods to the bottom once I was done to fulfill the 'wind chime' requirement. What? wind chime in woodwork class? what the fuck bullshit was that? it was woodwork not your nanna's arts and craft time at the retirement home so god damn it I was gonna make something appropriate to a woodwork class, so I did. So shut the fuck up I do actually know how to build a birdhouse, it could happen.) and I want it to have nice smooth edges I want control of whatever I'm using to sand it with. With your electronic variety of sander they have too much power and so you're likely to leave indents. This is why in the birdhouse situation I prefer to stick to a trusty block of chork and sand paper.

However! If I'm at home visiting my parents and they recently sold some land to make renovations on the house and I get tricked into helping prep the wall for painting I want the biggest most powerful sander possible.

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